Guilty Gear X2: Reload Coming To Steam

Kiss Ltd., a publisher that specializes in digital publishing, is bringing Guilty Gear X2: Reload to Steam. The game will be released in conjunction with Funbox, and will be available via Steam on September 5th.

Kiss have not stated whether or not the game will have online multiplayer or not. When asked by a Twitter user, they replied: “[Arc System Works] do not officially support Netplay on PC, but of course it can be done….”

You can get a netplay add-on for it, and it is actually pretty active.

Combo

I’ve no problem with these tiny, European/Korean publishers releasing old ArcSys games on Steam, but it’d be nice if ArcSys themselves would jump on the boat and release the current versions of their games. Kinda not interested in playing #Reload or Calamity Trigger when I got +R and Chronophantasma on my PS3.

Guilty Gear is one of my favorite fighting game franchises ever, but… why would I buy this, exactly?

Xrd is coming out this year, and even then, #Reload is like… what, 3-4 revisions of XX ago? Why would I get #Reload when I can just play the MUCH more up to date +R?

Demi-Friend

Yeah don’t buy it, This publisher (that isn’t even ASW) just wants money and they just grab want they can. The fact that it is just a port of a old version. They did the same with Blazblue: Calamity Trigger and Guilty Gear Isuka just cause they had the rights for the pc version.

Afternoon Intergalactic

I never understood this trend of re-releasing outdated fighters to steam. The main appeal of fighting games is its competitive aspect, and you sure as heck aren’t going to get that if you’re playing an obsolete version of the game. If you want to get into Guilty Gear play +R or wait for Xrd.

No, no I don’t. Nobody plays HD Remix because it is considered bad. The original Super Turbo on the other hand has tournaments running for it to this day. Even Evo had a large side tournament for it.

Afternoon Intergalactic

Was not aware of the recent 20th anniversary revival(thanks for the info), but it seems like this was a result of division of a community due the lack of an “arcade-perfect” version of the game.

However, I digress. You’ve provided an adequate counterexample. Although I doubt the niche competitive scene for #Reload or BB:CT is as large (or as vocal) :P

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This would be more like trying to sell Hyper Fighting or Champion Edition when there’s Turbo out there.

RunningWild1984

Umm, people still play Champion Edition and Hyper SF2AE on GGPO, and there are Hyper Fighting players on Supercade.

icup ✔️

uh… the gg community is playing +R but i guess if you just want to sell something it’s better than nothing.

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This is just a copy+paste of GoG.com’s version, which they had taken down specifically not to interfere with the release of this version, which has a higher price point.

Don’t buy it. It’s literally a straight PS2 port with fucked-up button prompts and everything that don’t actually correspond to the correct position of buttons on your gamepad (you have to configure them externally, and then internally, and there’s no option to exit the game, so hope you like Alt+F4). Lazy port of a version no longer sanctioned by Arc Sys themselves. In fact, I’m surprised that they still held the rights to this port somehow.

Göran Isacson

Oof, thanks for this info- I was a little bit interested in owning the game purely for the sake of nostalgic replay-value (X2 was my first GG game) but if it’s got this kind of shady shit attached to it nooo thank you.

Crevox

Either way, it’s a strange release because it’s completely outdated. There’s almost no reason to bother playing this unless you REALLY WANT TO PLAY GUILTY GEAR and you can’t get a hold of a relevant version (accent core and beyond).

#Reload is considered the best in the series by some, including myself. It’s different enough from Accent Core and +R to be worth buying, even if it’s not the latest release.

RunningWild1984

The button prompts are fine. The game has a config file that lets you setup your controller, it uses Playstation style inputs (Triangle, Square, Cross, Circle, R1/R2, L1/L2). It’s easier if you are using an actual Playstation controller when doing this, because then when you load up the game, you won’t have to configure anything, unless you prefer a different button layout, especially for an arcade stick. Not a big deal.

If you want to exit the game, you just hit Escape or close the window.

Maybe not everyone likes the changes made in Accent Core and +R? I’ve been told Slash is the best iteration of Guilty Gear by quite a few people.

Another thing is Guilty Gear Xrd is nothing at all like Accent Core, it’s more like #Reload from what I’ve read. So if you really wanna prepare for Xrd, better get used to the more old school gameplay of Guilty Gear without all the nonsense Accent Core added to the game.

RunningWild1984

I’m gonna get it just for the Steam Cards.

Also assuming the netplay add-on still works with it, have fun trolling online.

I already own #Reload on PS2 and PC (through GOG). I’ll get it again on Steam because it’ll likely have trading cards like Isuka. It’s also actually fairly different from Accent Core and +R, and I heard Xrd is actually a lot like #Reload (I only played Xrd once and didn’t pay too much attention to that so not sure). There is a reason to buy it, but I guess it’s up to each person to figure out what they want to buy. I’m just a HUGE GG fan and I’ve bought and enjoyed absolutely every game, including Isuka and Overture, which seem to get hate for some reason.

Vyrhn

Bah not Xrd ==a
If Xrd made it to Steam, I no longer have any reason to get a PS4, since MGSV is now on Steam…

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